About me
All you need is a good Guide!
Monika Gründhammer
As the founder of MONI’S HAMMERTIME Tour Guide Service Tirol,
I warmly welcome you to my homepage.
Austria Guide
About Me
I am Monika Gründhammer – a qualified tour guide, state-certified Austria Guide, and mountain hiking guide. Born in Tyrol and raised in the mountains, nature is more than just a backdrop for me – it is home and inspiration.
For over 15 years, I have accompanied guests on flight, ship, train, and bus tours worldwide, from city tours to adventurous hikes. In doing so, I combine tradition with a modern perspective on cultures and people.
What is important to me? Authentic experiences, encounters on equal footing, and the joy of creating unforgettable moments together. Traveling is not just a profession for me – it is my passion and my dream job.
I now wish you much enjoyment while browsing and reading my homepage.
Your Tyrol Enthusiast
Monika
My References & Qualifications
✓Academic education:
High school diploma in Innsbruck, studied biology, master’s degree in art history (TECH University, ongoing)
✓ Tourism and guiding qualifications:
Certified tour guide, state-certified tour guide, Tyrolean mountain guide, trained Natopia nature guide, World Heritage Guide 2025 (Travel Guide Academy Vienna) Travel agency qualification exam successfully completed
✓ Professional experience:
o Working as a tour guide since 2010
o Self-employed in the tour guide business since 2014
o Supervised numerous domestic and international trips over the last 16 years
✓ International assignments & tour management:
Station manager: London, Apulia, Gran Canaria, Calabria
Onboard hostess for German-speaking guests at Princess Cruises
Tour manager on the Hurtigruten postal ship (Trendtours)
Repeatedly accompanied Viking Tours on the MS Norröna
Tour guide in Edinburgh and Glasgow (Wind&Cloud Travel)
Tour guide/manager for senior citizen tours (Eurotours, Stoll Reisen, Traveleurope, Travelpartner)
✓ Special trips & events:
Accompanied the Musikherbst and brass band festival in Ellmau/Tyrol
Paragliding training trips: Bassano, Castelluccio, Turkey, Slovenia, Meduno
2024: Safari tour of South Africa, tour of Iceland, hiking trip to Crete with Peter Habeler
✓ Special skills:
State-certified paragliding instructor
I look forward to welcoming you and your groups to Tyrol and its surroundings and am, of course, available worldwide as travel support for your groups.
Your tour guide looks forward to numerous inquiries,
MONIKA GRÜNDHAMMER
Allow us to introduce: Your Moni’s Hammertime – Team
Our German-speaking team of tour guides, mountain and hiking guides, and licensed Austria Guides will guide you on your Tyrol or Austria trip through one of Europe’s most fascinating countries. With passion! This should be evident in almost all sentences and stories. Additionally, we constantly further our education and also travel privately with the greatest fervor to have a few secret spots up our sleeves.
Moni, Gunnel, Angelika, and Elisabeth
What sets us apart?
As licensed Austria Guides, we all have completed a two-year full-time training at Wifi Tyrol. From art, culture, and customs to geographical knowledge and excursions in North-East and South Tyrol, Salzburg, and Vienna, everything is included. Continuous further education is also not a foreign concept, furthermore, all our Austria Guides are self-employed and are required to have registered their own business registered.
In Austria, guiding in cities is exclusively permitted for state-certified guides and requires a trade license!
Our Services
Our guides are also available in multiple languages, and we cover common foreign languages such as English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
I would be happy to put together your perfect guide team, especially for larger groups and incentive trips. We cater to the needs of your group and are also happy to assist in advance with the perfect daily schedule, city tour, or route for your desired destination.
I look forward to hearing from you to put together the perfect program with the suitable guide/guides for you and your group.
Your Moni from Tyrol
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
I would like to express my sincere thanks for the excellent tour guiding. The weather was wonderfully beautiful, & it was great to experience these moments too. Upper Austria with Weiermaier Reisen works excellently. And I’ve never had a tour guide like Moni before. So thank you, thank you. I hope we see each other more often on tours and hikes. I wish you all the best and that we stay healthy. Regards, Sepp!
Sepp Hofer from Garsten/Upper Austria
Did you have a Hammertime with me and my guide service?
Then please let us know here; we look forward to your feedback!
Your Moni & Team!
